“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy. I have never met a heavy heart that wasn't a phone booth with a red cape inside. Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside some days.” GriefDepressionMental Health Book:Pansy Source: Pansy
“who with a heart can stomach / how much they can stomach? / all your blood in the water / and i could still wade through, / and i will again and i will again / and i will again with everyone i lose. / what i want most is to live / the rest of my life desperately / wanting to live it.” LossGrief Book:Lord of the Butterflies Source: Lord of the Butterflies
“One day you will know why I read the poetry of your grief to those waiting to be born, and they are all the more excited” PoetryGriefLove Letter From The Afterlife Author:Andrea Gibson
“you don't lose a person like a set of keys because you don't find them again and you can still get to where you're going.” LifeWisdomDeathPoetryLossGriefPoemSuicideGrieving Book:Lord of the Butterflies Source: Lord of the Butterflies
“The trauma said, ‘Don’t write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones.” WantWritingSaidGriefCryTraumaBones Author:Andrea Gibson
“What I know about living is the pain is never just ours Every time I hurt I know the wound is an echo So I keep a listening to the moment the grief becomes a window When I can see what I couldn’t see before, through the glass of my most battered dream, I watched a dandelion lose its mind in the wind and when it did, it scattered a thousand seeds. So the next time I tell you how easily I come out of my skin, don’t try to put me back in just say here we are together at the window aching for it to all get better” KnowsTryingMindI CanMomentsDreamPainTogetherNextLosesHurtGriefWindListeningThousandWindowSkinsGlassesSeedsWoundsGet BetterEchoesNext TimeBatteredDandelions Author:Andrea Gibson
